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Event: Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park is officially opened.

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Event: Camp Nelson is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Event: Camp Nelson is designated a National Monument by President Donald J. Trump under the Antiquities Act.

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Event: Camp Nelson National Cemetery is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Event: Camp Nelson Restoration and Preservation Foundation is created to assist preservation efforts (local and regional citizens, some descendants of CANE soldiers, Black and white

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Event: Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan leads a lengthy raid through Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia in an attempt to draw Union troops from the Vicksburg and Gettysburg campaign fronts. Many of his men hailed from Jessamine County and the Bluegrass region.

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Event: Confederate victory at the Battle of Richmond, which led to their brief occupation of the capital at Frankfort.

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Event: Congregants of the Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church in Louisville, KY, lead an unprecedented protest against racial discrimination, with a focus on the segregation of streetcars.

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Event: Congress authorizes the organization of permanent, all-Black Regular Army regiments for the first time. The units include former USCT veterans from Camp Nelson, who enlisted in the Regular Army, becoming the first Buffalo Soldiers.

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Event: Dedication of the Confederate Memorial at Nicholasville, KY, on Jessamine County Courthouse lawn. Fundraising and planning for the monument were led by former Confederate soldier and Nicholasville resident Jefferson Oxley.

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